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- pronunciation:
- ae
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
agonies |
| definition 1: |
intense and often prolonged physical or mental suffering.
The wounded soldiers moaned in agony.She has suffered the agony of losing a child to cancer.- synonyms:
- anguish, distress, martyrdom, misery, pain, suffering, torment, tribulation, woe, wretchedness
- antonyms:
- ecstasy
- similar words:
- calamity, hell, hurt, rack, torture, trouble
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| definition 2: |
a sudden emotional outburst.
She erupted in an agony of weeping.- synonyms:
- paroxysm, spasm
- similar words:
- convulsion, throe, transport
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| definition 3: |
a violent struggle, esp. the struggle just before death.
We found the trapped animal in its death agony.- synonyms:
- contest, struggle
- similar words:
- battle, conflict, wrestle
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| related words: |
distress, travail, tribulation, woe |
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The word agony comes from an ancient Greek word that means "a contest or struggle."
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